Applied last night. I got a fee waiver and was invited for PT. Didn't write a why Duke, didn't rework my PS but it was loosely what Duke wanted anyway. Not really planning on attending Duke, but $21 is worth the chance at acceptance for negotiating scholarship offers at other schools.

Dylanlj13 wrote:Applied last night. I got a fee waiver and was invited for PT. Didn't write a why Duke, didn't rework my PS but it was loosely what Duke wanted anyway. Not really planning on attending Duke, but $21 is worth the chance at acceptance for negotiating scholarship offers at other schools.

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Dylanlj13 wrote:Applied last night. I got a fee waiver and was invited for PT. Didn't write a why Duke, didn't rework my PS but it was loosely what Duke wanted anyway. Not really planning on attending Duke, but $21 is worth the chance at acceptance for negotiating scholarship offers at other schools.

I know this is the name of the game, but damn. As someone on the waitlist, I would appreciate if you could at least TRY to pretend like you're interested.

Yeah that was a pretty douchey post. What was the point other than letting everyone know you think you're above Duke?

Dylanlj13 wrote:Applied last night. I got a fee waiver and was invited for PT. Didn't write a why Duke, didn't rework my PS but it was loosely what Duke wanted anyway. Not really planning on attending Duke, but $21 is worth the chance at acceptance for negotiating scholarship offers at other schools.

I know this is the name of the game, but damn. As someone on the waitlist, I would appreciate if you could at least TRY to pretend like you're interested.

Yeah that was a pretty douchey post. What was the point other than letting everyone know you think you're above Duke?

Not saying I'm above Duke at all. I have a good shot at getting admitted, but I'll most likely be going to a school in my state. An acceptance from Duke would really help me negotiate scholarships with the state school.

LSP12 wrote:For those on PT - is the decision within ten days or ten business days?

I had the same question and I found this quote from Bill Hoye, Associate Dean for Admissions & Student Affairs:

"Each year, we invite a small number of candidates to apply to Duke through this program. We guarantee that the applicants will receive a response from us within ten days after the application becomes complete. The response could be an offer of admission, a waitlist offer, an invitation to interview, a deny decision. Or, in some cases, we have to hold the file for further review. But the applicant will hear something back relatively quickly. We keep the Priority Track pool very small so that we can give each application the same rigorous treatment that every other application receives, but we’re careful to ensure that the evaluation happens within a very tight timeframe. Of course, this can make for some very late nights and previous Priority Track applicants might tell you that they received their email decisions at very odd hours!"

Makes it sound like 10 calendar days, but that's the closest I could find to a definite answer.

talkingaboutpractice wrote:Any information on how PT invites are chosen? I received an invite, but my numbers don't make me an auto-admit. But this has to be a good sign or at least increase my chances, right??

Best of luck to all you!

I think they send the invites to auto admits + students with numbers around 25th percentiles. My numbers do not make me a auto admit either (168 3.92) and I got a PT invite.

Dylanlj13 wrote:Applied last night. I got a fee waiver and was invited for PT. Didn't write a why Duke, didn't rework my PS but it was loosely what Duke wanted anyway. Not really planning on attending Duke, but $21 is worth the chance at acceptance for negotiating scholarship offers at other schools.

I know this is the name of the game, but damn. As someone on the waitlist, I would appreciate if you could at least TRY to pretend like you're interested.

Jaqen: A friend of mine asked for a merit-based fee waiver, which was forwarded to the person in charge of PT invites and he got one the next day. Not sure if the two are connected, but maybe wait a day or two and try that?